The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-11-11
Gen. Gordon's Address nj Ports
mouth, q.


PoRTsM0UTE, Oct 90, "A heavy storm OF
rain broke upon the city with Gcn. Gordon,
which iuterfered with the arrangements,
The Democratic managers had made prep
STATIONS To gave him hearty reception, but
notwithstanding THE Indictment wepther,
large audience greeted him, The General
upon being introduced, referred TO the
charge Of being a ka-kluS made byt the Repnb-
Lean press and denied II fully, asserting that
he mover ~ any time following the war be-
logged " any organization except one
formed for the mAlnteqance Of law ana
order, and that he had not at any time been
member of any secret so2iety ne then
spoke Of the charges OK eentlmentaiisIn made
by the Commercial GdSfite and acktiowledRed
men Who acted BY the desire 70 pronlote their
cOuntryis welfare were e6ntimehtalietA. lie
then lsunched ont on the main address by
the statement first that he would speak
North and South, and SECOND that be de-
sired 70 be Questioned fully and freely on
any point upon which tho audience desired
ia then spoke Of the reception Of Hon.
Jefferson DAYS., jnstitying IL as u his speech
4 taneinnad lass 4lilght Hs then gef3e 4, r.
Macon, demonsi{qto1, and t2uehingly de-
seribed Tie love bis people felt for these veg,
4 stained banners and their desire To DO held
/ by them once more at their reunions. he
f llelA lilAN WNAAN NilEfA tttAE NANAN a ANfHlA ~
national hags displayed, but that Northern
correspondents 81 q pgrtHEIl press were az
feeted With color blindness aud could not SEQ
III referring to the late war the General
i said that st no Tins did the south desire 70
1 destroy the Uniou. That She had farpished
/ too much OF vGlnr and territory and blood
| toward iis f0Tma ton and up-building TO wish
1 ID destroyed That tho war was only the out
growth Of q construction " the Gonatltptipp,
1 which differed IRON that Of the people Of the
Ths sections be compared to two boys
Johnnie md fAnk, who fell ont oyer matter
that could not be peace2blg adjusted, and
figiit, lad Been invited back by Yailk. Thai
| Tie Invitation was accepted, aud Johnnie
was buck 10 stay, IN snbstantigtlon of tliis
| he SAID the people of US south @9qqlqi, lpot
/ he had 80 expressed hinHelf ut reunions Of
4 Confederate soldiers and in other places, and
that he but echoed tbs sentipents OF liis
eonntryInen. The light vote ~ hig Stale III
presideutial elections be explained by stat
4 III that the eoloyed people, finding they
4 had been robbed by the carpetbAR element
AFTER the Yar would nq longer qttilIete, Wlth
1 tons, ana the mass og them not caring 10
i vote with the democracy lad simply refrain
4 ia from retinB Nv ail. n the temperance,
| est, ia Mia the Riill Vote vi both col0red and
4 white people Was cast without tp ter fefelee
4 Of festrAihts and that qli We latter question
4 coloraa men had QlWays CARRIED the ktnte
Il against Ahe hnancial interestHnB th9 Whites
| THO Ganeg4l spoke NJ some length IN the
Il Condition VI the cOiored people now IA com
/ cared with that 81 The years following me
| War, vixen they we're Royelned by eo-cAlleq
j hepub iGana, and ahoWed w statlAtios tpAt
/ The col0red people had ipereased IN Realth
4 tafecfoid Under Democratic role. tlat Their
\ educational facilities, which we're Ped tui
| cut Of taxes collected from Tie MpiseFl had
4 increased oyer twentyfoid, and that they
1 were, az people, pfQsppfQue, cqntoDted ana
I fully protected Ia an tlleif rights He con-
| demned very eeyqTely the eopfge Of ,eertflp
Northern Repqblieens ~ keeping Rltye ths
ifealipgs u aeefipnAl eiIiipoRity, and charged
l fhat IN Eueh e0lila e lay the greatest danger
10 cur fepnIlic, &c closed With an eNnQrtn-
ton 20 sta paeple of all eectlons N forget tlt
1 pasgieB8 Of the past aud unite IN cOlnmpn
/ purpose 10 pfonote the prosperity aud excl
TIC greatness Of the country
IN tie exhibition At HAyre, Rays Manure,
theee q an intereeling collreiion u spees
MeuH Of p6iepHOus Eshea. Some are poison
/ Gus when ehbep, others are merely venom
cue Among The frst ARG many epafipdl, .
/ teifodon and many Ciupelt Nl4cn AZ
4bnndspt neaF He cete 81 Coed Hopa "
tie japan Sea Is found q very peculiar ioiro
don, Nhicll Is sometimes used AZ d yneauf o'
i suitide n produces einsanona Ike thoH
4pEodnced BY zaorphie, And hiisAly eeAsh.